La crónica como antídoto

Esta es la historia de una familia, como miles hay en el mundo, envuelta en dificultades y desgracias accidentales que no pueden controlar ni impedir, solo pueden luchar contra ellas con sus reservas morales y sus valores cristianos.

Young Billy McLaughlin heads out to Tahoe, fresh out of college and ready to live out his vision of the good life. This involves skiing everyday, partying hard, playing some guitar, getting laid, and otherwise not worrying about a damn thing. Much to his surprise, the easy life doesn’t come so easy. That’s because the world of “the gods” is working down on him. The sex-hungry Clarissa, Goddess of the Hunt, is making his life a living hell while Jim, God of Good Beers and Friendship, is trying to pull him through. The story takes the reader for a ride through the ski-bum life in Tahoe...

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"Fue nuestro Baudelaire, nuestro Apollinaire... Elevó la canción a la categoría de arte", dijo en su entierro François Miterrand, y la comparación con los malditos le siente bien a Serge Gainsbourg. Autor de algunas de las más bellas canciones del siglo XX, también escribió una novela única, disparatada, cínica y filosófica, un homenaje a la pintura y la escatología en el París de los años sesenta. En palabras de John Zorn: "Nunca ha leído nada igual. 'Evguénie Sokolov' le dará escalofríos. Le dará risa. Es probable que también le dé asco. La visión de Gainsbourg es...